R 241530Z DEC 14
MARADMIN 679/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA RA//
SUBJ/MCBUL 1400.  FISCAL YEAR 2015 (FY15) RESERVE AFFILIATION COMPOSITE SCORE POINTS INCENTIVE//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MMPR-2/YMD:20120614//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO P1400.32D CH2, MARINE CORPS PROMOTION MANUAL, VOLUME II, ENLISTED PROMOTIONS//
POC/M.J. MACPHEE/CAPT/CMC/RAP-21/TEL: CML 703-784-9136/DSN: 278-9136/EMAIL: RAP(AT)USMC.MIL POC/T.S. WOO/MSGT/CMC/RAP-21/TEL: CML 703-784-9136/DSN: 278-9136/ EMAIL: RAP(AT)USMC.MIL GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, CORPORALS THAT ACCEPT A 12 MONTH DRILLING OBLIGATION WITH A SELECTED MARINE CORPS RESERVE (SMCR) UNIT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UP TO 60 ADDITIONAL POINTS TOWARD THEIR COMPOSITE SCORE.  THIS INCENTIVE IS ESTABLISHED AS BOTH A RETENTION AND RECRUITING TOOL THAT ENCOURAGES CORPORALS TO CONTINUE SERVING WITH THE SMCR OR JOIN THE SMCR FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF ACTIVE COMPONENT SERVICE.  MARINES REQUESTING THIS INCENTIVE WHO TRANSITION FROM THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) TO A SMCR UNIT MUST MEET THE PRIOR SERVICE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
2.  ELIGIBILITY.
    A.  ACTIVE COMPONENT CORPORALS WITH AN END OF ACTIVE SERVICE (EAS) PRIOR TO 1 OCTOBER 2015 AND HAVE A MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION (MSO) WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE WHO AGREE TO DIRECTLY AFFILIATE WITH A SMCR UNIT CAN REQUEST THIS INCENTIVE THROUGH THEIR UNIT CAREER PLANNER OR REGIONAL RESERVE TRANSITION COORDINATOR. THESE MARINES MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
        (1) ELIGIBLE FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A VALID BILLET IDENTIFICATION CODE (BIC) PER THE CURRENT HQMC BIC ASSIGNMENT AND MANAGEMENT POLICY.
        (2) HAVE MINIMUM AVERAGE PROFICIENCY/CONDUCT MARKS IN GRADE OF 4.0/4.0.
        (3) ELIGIBLE FOR AND RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION TO SERGEANT.
        (4) NOT ASSIGNED TO THE BODY COMPOSITION/MILITARY APPEARANCE PROGRAM.
        (5) NOT REDUCED TO CURRENT GRADE.
    B.  CORPORALS SERVING WITH AN SMCR UNIT ON THEIR INITIAL 8 YEAR MSO WHO HAVE A MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE (MDSD) EXPIRING PRIOR TO 1 OCTOBER 2015 OR ARE BEYOND THEIR MDSD AND MEET THE CONDITIONS LISTED PER PARA 2.A.1 THRU 2.A.5 CAN REQUEST THIS INCENTIVE THROUGH THEIR UNIT CAREER PLANNER.
    C.  CORPORALS SERVING IN THE IRR WITH AN EXISTING MSO WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM ACTIVE COMPONENT SERVICE OR THE SMCR UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS AND ARE CURRENTLY SERVING THE BALANCE OF THEIR INITIAL 8 YEAR CONTRACT CAN AFFILIATE WITH A SMCR UNIT PER PARA 1 AND REQUEST THIS INCENTIVE THROUGH A PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITER.  THESE MARINES MUST MEET THE CONDITIONS LISTED PER PARA 2.A.1 THRU 2.A.5.
3.  INCENTIVE POINTS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE FOR COMPOSITE SCORE CALCULATION PRIOR TO 1 OCTOBER 2014 AND WILL REFLECT IN THE MARINE'S COMPOSITE SCORE NO EARLIER THAN THE JAN, FEB, MAR 2015 PROMOTION QUARTER.  ADDITIONAL POINTS ARE RETAINED UNTIL SELECTION TO SERGEANT. THIS INCENTIVE MAY BE RECEIVED ONLY ONCE IN A MARINE’S CAREER.
4.  SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
    A.  ENSURE THE ELIGIBLE MARINE HAS SUFFICIENT CONTRACTUAL TIME REMAINING TO COMPLETE A 12 MONTH DRILLING OBLIGATION.
    B.  ENSURE EVERY MARINE SIGNS A STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING (SOU) TO BE ENTERED INTO THE MARINE'S OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE.  A SOU CAN BE RETRIEVED THROUGH THE FORMS SECTION OF TFRS OR BY VISITING THE MRA WEBSITE AT WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL/PORTAL/PAGE/PORTAL/ M(UNDERSCORE)RA(UNDERSCORE)HOME/RA/RCT/RIT/BONUSES.
    C.  VERIFY MARINE’S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMAND RECRUITING PROGRAM (CRP).
5.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.
    A.  MARINES PARTICIPATING IN THE CRP CAN RECEIVE NO MORE THAN A TOTAL OF 100 POINTS WHEN COMBINED WITH THIS INCENTIVE.  FOR EXAMPLE, IF A MARINE EARNS 60 POINTS FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE CRP, THE MEMBER CAN ONLY RECEIVE 40 ADDITIONAL POINTS BY ACCEPTING A 12 MONTH DRILLING OBLIGATION.
    B.  FORWARD ALL REQUESTS FOR THIS INCENTIVE VIA THE TOTAL FORCE RETENTION SYSTEM (TFRS) TO CMC (RCT).  THE CAREER PLANNERS, RESERVE TRANSITION COORDINATORS, AND PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITERS WILL UTILIZE THE EXTENSION REQUEST OPTION IN TFRS.
        (1) ZERO “0” WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE NUMBER OF MONTHS REQUESTING BLOCK.
        (2) ENSURE HT/WT OF MARINE IS THE SAME AS THE HT/WT TAKEN AT THE TIME THE SOU WAS SIGNED.
        (3) ALL SUBMITTED REQUESTS MUST INCLUDE A SIGNED SOU PER PARAGRAPH 4.B.
        (4) INDICATE WHETHER THE MARINE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED COMMAND RECRUITING POINTS.  A NEGATIVE REPLY IS REQUIRED TO THE QUESTION OF COMMAND RECRUITING POINTS.
    C.  ONCE THE TFRS REQUEST HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND THE MARINE HAS JOINED THE UNIT (IF APPLICABLE), CMC (RCT) WILL COORDINATE WITH CMC (RAM) FOR APPROPRIATE UNIT DIARY ENTRY.
    D.  ELIGIBLE MARINES THAT ACCEPT THIS INCENTIVE WILL HAVE A MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE 12 MONTHS FROM THE MANDATORY DRILL START DATE UNLESS EXCUSED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND APPROVED BY THE COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES RESERVE.  MANDATORY DRILL START DATES WILL BE EFFECTIVE AS FOLLOWS:
        (1) ACTIVE COMPONENT CORPORALS WILL HAVE A MANDATORY DRILL START DATE EFFECTIVE ON THE DAY AFTER THEIR EAS.  FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE MARINE'S EAS IS 1 AUGUST 2015, THE MARINE'S OBLIGATION WILL START 2 AUGUST 2015.  THE REPORTED MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE WILL BE
12 MONTHS FROM THE START DATE.
        (2) SMCR CORPORALS WILL HAVE A MANDATORY DRILL START DATE EFFECTIVE ON THE DAY AFTER THEIR CURRENT MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE. THE NEW MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE WILL BE 12 MONTHS FROM THE START DATE.  IF THE MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE HAS EXPIRED OR THERE IS NO MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE, THE MANDATORY DRILL START DATE WILL BE EFFECTIVE THE DAY THE CORPORAL SIGNS THE SOU AND THE MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE WILL BE 12 MONTHS FROM THE START DATE.
        (3) IRR CORPORALS WILL HAVE A MANDATORY DRILL START DATE EFFECTIVE ON THE DAY OF JOIN TO THE SMCR UNIT.  THE MANDATORY DRILL STOP DATE WILL BE 12 MONTHS FROM THE START DATE.
    E.  THIS INCENTIVE CAN BE ACCEPTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SMCR ENLISTED AFFILIATION BONUS AND/OR LATERAL MOVE PROGRAM AND MAY BE REQUESTED CONCURRENTLY.  THE MEMBER SHALL EXECUTE THE GREATEST OBLIGATION REQUIREMENT OF THE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.  A SOU MUST BE COMPLETED FOR EACH INCENTIVE IAW THE POLICY FOR EACH INCENTIVE RELEASED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
    F.  MARINES IN RECEIPT OF THIS INCENTIVE THAT INCUR A PERIOD OF AUTHORIZED NON-AVAILABILITY (AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES RESERVE) WILL BE REQUIRED TO EXTEND THEIR PERIOD OF OBLIGATION TO FULFILL THE 12 MONTH DRILLING OBLIGATION.
6.  MARINES IN RECEIPT OF THIS INCENTIVE MAY BE RECOUPED IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OCCUR:
    A.  FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE SATISFACTORILY DURING THE 12 MONTH DRILLING OBLIGATION.
    B.  TRANSFER TO THE IRR PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF THE 12 MONTH DRILLING OBLIGATION WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES RESERVE.
7.  CAREER PLANNERS, RESERVE TRANSITION COORDINATORS AND PRIOR SERVICE RECRUITERS ARE THE ONLY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THIS REQUEST.
8.  CMC (RA) WILL MONITOR AND EVALUATE INCENTIVE USAGE AND MEMBER COMPLIANCE.
9.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE TOTAL FORCE.
10.  THIS MARADMIN CANCELS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2015.
11.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY COL R. T. TOBIN, DIRECTOR, RESERVE AFFAIRS DIVISION, ACTING.//